[wisb] Re: House Sparrow in Chickadee nest box
- From: Gayle Davis <humnbrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:39:37 -0600
I hope to try the fishing line on my nest boxes this year, but with
dismay I must report the fishing line seemed to fail me last week - I
placed it on several of my feeders about a month ago - I was thrilled to
watch the neighbor's House Sparrows sit up in my trees and not a one
would light on my feeders - they remained horrified by the line for many
weeks, then one dang sparrow got brave and started to feed - a day
later, a couple more, then suddenly I was right back where I started -
so I moved each line about one inch - can you believe this? it's
working again! LOL -
Gayle Davis
Owen, Taylor Cty
On 2/17/2012 10:04 AM, Jesse Ellis wrote:
> Fishing line! a strand or two, a la Pat Ready, may keep them away. It's
> working on our feeder, and we have only a strand or two up.
> Jesse Ellis
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Anna Keaney<anna.ftw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> We put up a nest box a week or so ago and have seen both chickadees and
>> House Sparrows going inside it. I'm not sure either in particular has
>> claimed it yet (although today the sparrow was in it a couple of times).
>> This box was bought last summer as a chickadee-wren box, but I think our
>> woodpeckers have widened the hole, drat them. I've been reading different
>> things saying take the box down entirely, or just replace the panel with
>> one with a smaller hole, or just check the nest and remove it if it's a
>> sparrow nest (this is hard to do because the box opens from the bottom, not
>> top)... I thought I'd ask if anyone had any "best practice" info on this?
>> Thanks!
>> Anna Keaney
>> Madison, Dane
>>
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